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President Donald Trump said connected Tuesday (December 16, 2025) helium is ordering a blockade of each “sanctioned lipid tankers” into Venezuela, ramping up unit connected the country’s person Nicolás Maduro.
The moves comes aft U.S. forces past week seized an lipid tanker disconnected Venezuela’s coast, an antithetic determination that followed a buildup of subject forces successful the region. In a station connected societal media Tuesday nighttime announcing the blockade, Mr. Trump alleged Venezuela was utilizing lipid to money cause trafficking and different crimes.
“Today, I americium ordering A TOTAL AND COMPLETE BLOCKADE OF ALL SANCTIONED OIL TANKERS going into, and retired of, Venezuela,” Mr. Trump wrote connected his Truth Social platform.
Mr. Trump besides said the ample U.S. naval armada amassed successful the Caribbean “will lone get bigger” until Venezuela returns “to the United States of America each of the Oil, Land, and different Assets that they antecedently stole from us.”
